Practice areas
S2S tackles tough, multidisciplinary challenges in six climate-related domains.
Net Zero, Decarbonization & Geoengineering
Net zero strategy, due diligence and portfolio development for everything from ocean-based natural climate solutions (NCS) to direct air capture and marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Internationally-sought-after expertise on the ethics of geoengineering technologies including CDR, solar radiation modification, marine cloud brightening and proposals for sea ice regeneration.
Working across all parts of the Earth system — marine, terrestrial and subsurface — S2S helps corporate, government and non-profit clients scope, identify, select and manage offsets, offtakes and prepurchase agreements based on natural climate solutions and established & emerging technical carbon dioxide removal pathways. Drawing on a combination of deep operational and scientific expertise, we minimize our clients' legal, scientific and reputational risks while maximizing return for the environment.
Resilience, Adaptation & Mitigation
Building climate resilience across communities, governments and corporations worldwide.
We've helped Small Island Developing States obtain private- and public-sector funding to mitigate sea level rise in the Caribbean and Alaska Native communinites hedge against the impacts of permafrost melt and storm-driven coastal flooding in the high Arctic.
Climate Risk Exposure
Helping clients including insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions and state agencies identify, model and mitigate climate-related risk exposure in human populations, supply chains, day-to-day operations and infrastructure.
We've tackled everything from wildfire and smoke impacts in the Pacific Northwest and climate-related impacts in key agricultural sectors to the synergistic effects of tidal flooding, climate warming, aquifer withdrawal and increased frequency and severity of tropical storms in Florida and seven different small island nations in the Eastern Caribbean.
Incident Management & Preparedness
Drawing on a combined 46 years of Type 1 and 2 incident management experience — including NIMS certifications as Type 1 Incident Commander and Liaison Officer — S2S assists clients with preparedness for major natural disasters and human-caused emergencies, including oil and hazardous materials spill preparedness and Incident Command System training
Ocean Technology Development
Ocean technology development and commercialization for commercial, military and academic clients, including autonomous marine instrumentation, marine data science solutions and remote ocean sensing.
Climate, National Security and Green Shipping
Helping governments, indpendent entities and corporations with high-latitude business interests assess the impacts of environmental change on supply chains and national security, with a focus on geopolitical and economic competition in the Arctic and Antarctic.
S2S also helps governments, major shippers and corporate clients leverage green shipping corridors, low-carbon fuel offtake agreements, CDR insetting and targeted public relations campaigns to meet IMO green shipping targets.